Lost Pleiad Observatory

Hydrogen Alpha 1550 UT For those of you that follow the sun regularly, you know that it is ramping up in activity.  With the increasing ...

It's true and not an internet hoax...the full Moon of March 19th will be the biggest since 1983!  Approximately 14% larger and 30% brigh...

Time to get back to posting!  I've been terribly busy between my day job, working at the Mount Lemmon SkyCenter , the start of little l...

Without a doubt almost any observer will tell you that the Great Orion Nebula is the finest deep sky object in the northern hemisphere.  ...

January 30th, 2011 I have received a few emails and messages from folks over the past year asking about how I make my sketches of the sun...

Invitation to 1st Birthday! Busy day today, but nothing compared to 12 years ago...on January 29th 1999, Ian finally arrived!  I say fina...

This morning's observation of the sun was quite a treat.  Not only are there two attractive Active Regions (AR) near the center of the S...